PATIENCE PAYS OFF FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BERNALILLO COUNTY. A MAN CHARGED IN A 17 YEAR OLD MURDER CASE IS BACK IN ALBUQUERQUE TO FACE CHARGES. SHERIFFS SGT. AARON WILLIAMSON SAYS ALEX IBARRA WAS NAMED AS A SUSPECT SHORTLY AFTER MIGUEL CABRERA WAS GUNNED DOWN AT FIVE POINTS AND BRIDGE IN 1996…AND AN ARREST WARRANT WAS ISSUED. DETECTIVES BELIEVE IBARRA HAD FLED TO MEXICO , WHERE HE HID FOR YEARS.
WILLIAMSON SAYS THE VICTIM WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH INSIDE A VEHICLE IN THE PARKING LOT OF FIVE POINTS DANCE HALL. IBARRA IS BEING HELD ON A 250-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND.
